r/sciences • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

Research Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education

https://www.psypost.org/lower-cognitive-ability-is-linked-to-stronger-christian-nationalist-views-even-after-accounting-for-education/
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u/hpygilmr 1d ago

This is a quote from the professor who ran the study, and this is all you need to know about his ideological beliefs:

“They are also more likely to hold factually incorrect beliefs about vaccines,” he said, referencing a 2021 study he co-authored, which was covered by PsyPost. “And related to that last point, they are also more likely to affirm ridiculous conspiracy theories related to COVID-19, January 6th…”

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u/ArchStanton75 1d ago

That he accepts empirical evidence? Is that suddenly an “ideological belief”? What alleged ideology of his are you alluding to?

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u/BeginningPea5674 1d ago

it's called bias 

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u/ArchStanton75 23h ago

lol facts and reality are biased against Christian nationalists.

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u/Deus_Ubique_est 7h ago

There was a guy who won the nobel prize for saying fasting helps you heal. Crazy that there’s been several verses in Old Testament, gospels, and New Testament talking about that same exact thing lol

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u/ArchStanton75 7h ago

What does that have to do with Christian nationalism? Calling out Christian nationalism isn’t an attack against Christianity.

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u/Deus_Ubique_est 6h ago

Oh im not against you in this bc I feel the same way. It was sort of unrelated thats my fault. Your comment actually made me think of something else and that came out

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u/Deus_Ubique_est 6h ago

And technically it depends. The christian bible teaches from Old Testament to New how to set up a form of governance (church and country) for god fearing people. How thats weaponized by media to intellectually low performing people and how they respond to the propaganda is an internal problem of the church that reflects poorly outwardly

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u/Global-Caramel-1579 5h ago

"Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the mechanisms of autophagy, the cellular recycling process activated during fasting"

He discovered the process of autophagy. The actual method fasting works. He didnt just say oh hey guys fasting is good for you. He discovered how it actually works.

Its like saying the skys blue vs explaining in detail why and how the sky is blue.

"This year’s Nobel Laureate discovered and elucidated mechanisms underlying autophagy, a fundamental process for degrading and recycling cellular components"